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Freddy Peralta capped off a solid weekend for the Mets , both in Port St. Lucie and elsewhere in the World Baseball Classic. There were two pitching performances in Grapefruit League play that have the team feeling optimistic about their starting rotation, one from Kodai Senga and one from Peralta, and another from Clay Holmes for Team USA. Carson Benge had a 2-for-3 day with an RBI Sunday against the Yankees, and Juan Soto had a walkoff home run for the Dominican Republic. Camp might be quiet at the moment with several players away from the Mets to play for their respective countries, but as long as Peralta is around, there is always plenty of energy. Prior to his Sunday start at Clover Park, the right-hander won a clubhouse basketball game, winning coffee from a teammate. The 30-year-old Peralta always seems to be in a good mood. His reputation preceded him well before the Mets acquired him from the Milwaukee Brewers in January, and he’s lived up to it since reporting to his new ...

A homeless panhandler killed on a Brooklyn street was struck by two different SUV drivers who both left the scene, police said Sunday. The unidentified victim, believed to be in his 30s, was standing in the westbound lanes of Linden Blvd. at Rockaway Ave. in Brownsville when the driver of a light-colored SUV going west hit him at 4:05 a.m. Saturday, cops said. That driver had a green light, cops said. A second light-colored SUV, also going west on Linden, then struck the victim as he lay in the roadway, cops said. Neither driver remained at the scene. Medics took the victim to Brookdale University Hospital, but he could not be saved. The victim had no ID on him, and police are still working to determine his identity. No arrests have been made. The victim panhandled around the area, a friend told the Daily News Saturday night, asking to remain anonymous. The friend described him as “a people’s person” and “down to earth.” She called the area where he was struck dangerous. “I al...

An improvised device thrown at Jan. 6 rioter Jake Langan at an anti-Muslim protest he organized outside Gracie Mansion was an actual explosive that could have caused carnage, police said Sunday. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were arrested in connection with the device at Saturday’s chaotic rally, which saw clashes between Lang and counter-protestors outside the Upper East Side mayoral residence of Mayor Mamdani. “The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a social media post Sunday. “It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death.” Tisch added that investigators are continuing to analyze a second device. Barry Williams/ New York Daily News NYPD Bomb Squad officers investigate at least one suspected explosive device near Gracie Mansion on S...

Four people were shot and wounded inside a Brooklyn bar lounge early Sunday, police said. Gunfire erupted inside Richard’s Restaurant and Bar on Avenue L near E. 94th St. in Canarsie about 5 a.m., police said. A 43-year-old woman was shot in the leg, a 44-year-old man was blasted in the arm and a second 44-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, cops said. Medics took the woman to Kings County Hospital and the men to Brookdale University Hospital. Four people were shot and wounded inside Richard's Restaurant and Bar on Avenue L near E. 94th St. in Canarsie Sunday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News) A 38-year-old woman made her way to Brookdale University Hospital by private means with a gunshot wound to her leg, police said. No arrests have been made. Four people were shot and wounded inside Richard's Restaurant and Bar on Avenue L near E. 94th St. in Canarsie Sunday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News) Four people were shot and wounded i...

Drake Powell is still in the G League as the Nets face the Detroit Pistons Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena, and given where Brooklyn is in the season, it might be the cleanest development play they’ve made with him in a while. The Nets sent their rookie first-round pick to Long Island on Feb. 27, a move that came in the middle of an extended shooting slump. Brooklyn recalled fellow rookie Ben Saraf to the big club at the same time and also signed Grant Nelson to a 10-day contract. For Powell, the No. 19 pick in the 2025 draft, it served as a reset. Across his first 30 appearances, the former Tar Heel averaged 6.4 points in 16.9 minutes per game while shooting 46.0% from the field and 32.4% from 3-point range. However, over his final 17 appearances before the assignment, Powell averaged 5.2 points in 19.1 minutes, and his efficiency dipped to 35.4% from the field and 20.9% from deep. Brooklyn’s answer was to send him somewhere he could play through mistakes and re-find his tou...

Ben Stiller blasted the White House for its use of a clip from his satirical action comedy “Tropic Thunder” in a video posted to promote the war in Iran. In addition to 2008’s “Tropic Thunder,” the social media supercut also included a series of movies and television shows, including “Braveheart,” “Breaking Bad,” “Top Gun,” “Superman,” “Transformers,” “Iron Man 2,” and “Star Wars” as well as footage of what appears to be United States military operations. “Justice the American way,” the caption reads. It was shared on Thursday, in wake of the United States’ and Israel’s joint launch of strikes against Iran. Stiller, who starred in “Tropic Thunder” alongside Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr., took immediate issue with its inclusion in the montage. He also wrote and directed the flick. “Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip ,” he wrote on X. “We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine,” he continued. “War is not a ...

By STELLA MARTANY IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Officials with one of the armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq told The Associated Press that they are not planning an imminent cross-border attack on Iran but would join a ground invasion if the U.S. were to launch one. Related Articles China’s 10-passenger electric aircraft, the Matrix, hints at how big flying taxis can be Hungary detains 7 Ukrainians and seizes $80 million cash shipment. Kyiv calls move ‘taking hostages’ Pakistan and Afghanistan claim killing dozens of the other side’s troops in relentless fighting Pakistani Shiites rally to denounce US-Israeli strikes on Iran as US Embassy issues a security alert Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship The comments appeared to be aimed at reassuring Iraqi Kurdish officials, who have said they do not want attacks to be launched against Iran from their territory, fearing that they will be further dragged into...